Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-07
4 State DINNER.
The Queen of the Hawaiian islands
Entertained at the White Hon Sc
Dangers to Shipping,
The Recent Amendments TO the Civil
Service Rules Meet with DisfaVOr
in the Departments.
Forty. Four hallway Companies Rave Pc
tittoned to DO Relieved from Section
Four of the New Law.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN QUEEN.

THE PACIFIC OCEAN QUEEN.
WASHINGTON, May Queen Kapiolani
and suit with number of invited guests
Senators Sherman and Evarts
paid visit to Mt. Vernon to-day. At the
navy yards the party was gwen royal
salute of twenty one guns.
The President tonight gave state
dinner in honor of the Queen. The White
House was profusely decorated with
palms, potted plants and flowers. The
Queen arrived before the other guests
and was received in the east room by the
President, who presented the company to
her on their arrival. The principal
decoration of the dining table was large
floral piece representing two ships of
state, the Columbia and the Hawaii, in
terwoven with the Hawaiian flag
in flowers. Secretary Lamar was
not present owing to illness.
He sent a note late this afternoon ex-
pressing regret at his inability to attend.
He said he had been using his best en-
deavors all day to recover his health suf-
ticiently to be at the dinner, but his ply
stefan had positively forbidden his going.
The President escorted the Queen to
dinner, followed in the order named:
Chief Justice and Princess LilinokOlani.
The Hawaiian Minister and Mrs. Cleve-
land.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Car
ter.
Lieutenant General Domenis and Mrs.
Waite.
The Haytian Minister of the diplomatic
corps and Mrs Fairchild.
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
EndicOtt.
Secretary of War and Mrs. Whitney.
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Villas.
Postmaster General and Mrs. Sherman.
Chairman of the Senate committee on
foreign relations and Mrs Sheridan.
Lieutenant General and Miss Porter.
Admiral Porter and Mrs. LnCklaem.
Mr.. Iaukea and Mrs. Carter.
Colonel Boyd and Miss Bancroft.
Mr.. Winthrop and Mrs. Laughton.
MIR. Bancroft and Mrs. Winthrop.
Mrs. Cleveland wore her wedding dress
with the exception of the orange bios
SONS. Queen Kapiolani was atLired in
white crepe with diamond ornaments, and
lhe Princess IN black velvet.
MENACE TO OUR sHIPPIN G.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May G.-The latest copy
of the Pilot Chart, monthly publication
for the guidance of mariners, shows that
there are to-day eleven dangerous wrecks
right in the path of vessels in the coast
ing trade along the eastern coast Of the
United States. In any other country on
the civilized globe q man of war or a
government vessel of some description
these wrecks as soon as reported. There
is nothing, not even an iceberg, more
dangerous to navigation than a water
logged "derelicC." Yet up TO
the present time there is no one
in the United States with the
necessary authority to order a vessel out
to remove these dangers from the path
way of our merchant marine. Time after
time the attention of Congress has been
called to this subject, and the officers In
charge of the Pilot Chart have repeatedly
urged that small appropriation be made
to enable the navy to maintain q sm2u
ship for the purpose of removing floating
dangers as soon as they are reported
But there IS no one so directly interested
as to spend time and money hanging
about the doors of Congress to see that
this recommendation is considered. In
consequence year follows year and the
very sensible recommendation is uuheed-
ed. 1t is estimated by naval officer who
has given great deal of attention to this
subject that the actual annual loss to the
merchant marine of the United States
from striking upon these unmarked OBJ
structions is equal to at least 10 per cent.
of the losses from all other causes com
bined. The cost of building and main
tanning the necessary vessel to remove
these distractions would be more than
saved in the first year by the prevention
of losses to coasting vessels and trans
Atlantic steamers which are jeopardlZed
by the failure of the government to Go It's
duty in this respect. ,
CIVIL SERVICE AMENDMENTS.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-The civil service
commission to-day submitted to the
of rules 4, 6, 10 and q of the rules fol
the regulation of movement of the eXecu-
tlves OF the civil service. All the pro.
posed amendments were approved and
became at once effective. The most I'M
portant Of the amendments is the follow.
ing: Rule 6, clause 2: and for the pur-
pose of establishing in the classified
service the principle of compulsory cop-
petitive examination for promotion, there
shall be, so far as practicable
and useful, SUCH examinations of :
suitable character to test the fitness
OF persons for promotion in the service
and the commission may make regula
tons applying them to any classified de-
partment, customs office or postoftice
under which regulations examinations foI
promotion shall be conducted. Tht
commission has prepared detailed regu
lations to carry the amendments int
effect.
NOT POPULAR WITH THE CLERKS.
| Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 6-There is con
siderable grunbling in the department
among the clerks about the new eivi
service rules promulgated by the Presi
dent governing promotions in Office. Tn
navy order went infO effect TO-DAY I'm TIL